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Parkinson’s Disease and the Eye
Steven R. Hamilton, M.D.
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Introduction • PD affects over 1 million Americans • 60,000 new patients/year • 10 million worldwide with PD • 1-2% of the population over 60-years-old • 10% are under 50 yo • Symptoms: tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, impaired balance
Visual Complaints in PD
• 75% of PD patients have
oculomotor signs
• 75% blepharitis
• 2/3 dry eyes
• 25% visual hallucinations
• Common symptoms:
– Blurred vision, double vision,
light sensitivity, eye strain,
reading difficulties
FoxFeed Blog Tracking Eye Movement to Diagnose Parkinson's Posted by Kat McCarrick, September 19, 2016 Tracking Eye Movement to Diagnose Parkinson's The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) recently awarded a $1 million grant to The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Schools of Medicine and Engineering to test a tool for diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD). Currently, there is no objective measurement (such as a blood test) doctors can use to definitively diagnose Parkinson's disease. Researchers at VCU have developed a non-invasive eye test that could potentially inform whether someone has Parkinson's disease. Using infrared lights, the test tracks the eye movements of a person as they stare at a screen and follow prompts. Eye movements typically follow very distinct patterns. In Parkinson's disease, the loss of cells that use dopamine (a brain chemical) to coordinate movement can cause alterations in these patterns. While these changes may be unnoticeable to a casual observer, they could be detected wih more sensitive eye testing, such as that used by VCU researchers. With the support of MJFF, the VCU team will replicate their research in additional academic centers in order to verify that the test is in fact able to accurately diagnose Parkinson's. In addition, they hope to prove that the test can detect Parkinson's before physical symptoms are present. Earlier and more precise diagnosis would allow doctors to begin disease-targeted therapies before the disease progresses and could also prevent misdiagnosis.
Dopamine and the Eye
• Primary sites of
pathology
– Loss of dopamine cells
in substantia nigra
compacta of midbrain
and putamen
• Secondary sites
– Dopamine depletion in
visual cortex and retina
Neuro-ophthalmic Deficits • Pareses of gaze • Accommodation paresis • Reflex blepharospasm and blepharoplegia • Keratitis sicca • Infrequent blinking
Neuro-ophthalmic Deficits • No hemianopsia • Sensory abnormalities • Oculogyric crises • No nystagmus or dementia • Signs
Pareses of Gaze • Slow, hypometric saccades with incomplete upgaze • Jerky “cogwheel” pursuit • L-dopa improves saccadic amplitude • On-off effects may affect eye movements – hypermetric saccades
Impaired Eye Movements in
PD during Reading
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Pareses of Gaze
• Parkinson’s imitators
– If dramatically slow saccades or impaired
downgaze, consider
• Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
• Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)
• Olivopontocerebellar degeneration
– Poor response to L-dopaAccommodative Paresis • Impaired focusing at near results in double vision and reading problems • May result from anticholinergic medications for tremor (Artane, Cogentin, benedryl) • Convergence insufficiency causes double vision or eye strain
Reflex Blepharospasm
and Blepharoplegia
• Inability to open the eyes due to
– Blepharospasm
– Apraxia or eyelid opening
– Avoidance of double vision
– Dry eyesBlepharospasm
Apraxia of Eyelid Opening
Keratitis Sicca (Dry Eyes)
• Results in eye pain and
blurred vision
• Multiple factors
include
– Infrequent blinking
– Seborrheic dermatitis
– Decreased tears from
medications and
autonomic dysfunctionSeborrheic Dermatitis
Infrequent Blinking • PD blink rate may be 1-2/minute (normal 16-18/minute) • Creates expressionless stare • Complicates management of dry eye syndrome
Parkinson’s Stare
No Hemianopia • No visual field defects in PD except post-pallidotomy • Early pallidotomy patients had 40% incidence of homonymous hemianopia • Modern pallidotomy results in 5-10% of superior quadrantanopsia
Sensory Abnormalities
• Impaired contrast
sensitivity common
• Poor color
discrimination in
blue/yellow axis
• Hallucinations in 25-
40% of PD patients
– Usually older patients,
on medications, with
poor visionOculogyric Crises • Common with post- encephalitic PD • Side-effect of neuroleptic drugs • Painful forced, upward turning of both eyes
No Nystagmus or Dementia
• Nystagmus is not
seen in idiopathic
PD
• Dementia not seen
in young-onset PD,
but may be seen in
elderly PD patientsSigns
• Myersons’s sign
– Failure of the blink reflex
• Wilson’s sign
– The need to blink to change direction of
gaze
– Hypometric saccades, jerky smooth
pursuit with catch up saccadesDiffuse Lewy body disease • Frequent visual hallucinations (2/3 of patients) • Visuospatial disturbances
Multisystem Atrophy
Square wave jerks
Impaired smooth pursuit
Gaze evoked nystagmus
MSA-C > MSA-P
Hypometric saccadesProgressive supranuclear
palsy
• Slow voluntary saccades (vertical >
horizontal)
• Supranuclear gaze palsy
• SQW jerks
• Blepharospasm
• CIPSP
Corticobasal ganglionic
degeneration (CBGD)
• Gaze palsies (V = H)
• Visuospatial dysfunction
• Blepharospasm and AEOManagement of Eye Problems
• Review the history of eye complaints
– Time spent reading
– Computer usage
– Medication on-off effects
– Use of anticholinergics or antidepressants
(dry eyes and hallucinations)Eyeglasses Issues • Refraction with headrest or trial frame • Use spherical equivalent for astigmatism • Separate glasses for near, intermediate, and distance • IDEALLY NO BIFOCALS OR TRIFOCALS • If patient demands bifocals – no progressive lenses
Eyeglasses Issues
• Generous reading add
for young PD patients
• For convergence and
divergence
insufficiency
– Base-out prisms for
distance
– Base-in prisms for near
• Translucent occlusion
of one lensTreatment of Eyelid Problems in PD
• Blepharospasm and apraxia
– More common with PSP
– BOTOX trial
• Blepharitis
– Lid-scrub pads
– Non-preserved artificial tears
– Punctal plugs for abnormal Schirmer’s testBOTOX Injections for Blepharospasm
Reading Tricks in PD • Use finger as placeholder • Use a music stand or cookbook holder so hand tremors won’t interfere • Use the computer with large font
Conclusions • Many of the abnormalities of vision with PD can be addressed and improved • Preservation of sight is crucial to maintaining the dignity and integrity of the PD patient • PD patients should find an empathetic and patient eye care provider
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